Parachute release for kites



2) 1949- v. c. COYNE ETAL 2,471,199

PARACHUTE RELEASE FOR KITES Filed March 23, 1948 Vincent 6. Coyne JohnW. Stuart v INVENTORS.

' BY M MC,

Patented May 24, 1949 OFFICE PABACHUTE RELEASE FOR KITES Vincent 0.Coyne and John W. Stuart,

New Brunswick,

Application March 23, 1948, Serial No. 16,508

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in kites,and more particularly to a toy parachute attachment therefor.

An important object of the invention is to provide a novel releasingmechanism for the parachute in the form of a slide mounted for movementup a kite string by a toy parachute attached thereto, and a stop on thekite string engaging a trip carried by the slide to release theparachute when reaching a predetermined height to enable the parachuteto descend.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efiicient and reliable inuse, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adaptedfor the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a toy parachute attached inposition to the kite string;

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the slide;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view thereof; and

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration we have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates a slide plate having front and rear pairs ofspaced parallel line guides 63 and 1 suitably secured to the uppersurface thereof, each line guide having an opening 12 with an entranceslot 9 in one edge of the guide for receiving the line H) of a kite Hfor positioning the line in the opening l2 of the guide. The entranceslots 9 for the pairs of guides 6 and l are positioned at the oppositeedges of the guides to prevent accidental disengagement of the line fromthe guides.

A substantially hook-shaped trip 8 includes a shank portion 9 and billportion l which is slidably mounted in a centrally disposed guide I I onthe plate and with the shank and bill extending forwardly and alsoslidable in openings 52 in the front pair of guides 6.

A hanger I3 is formed with a loop I 4 at one end inserted upwardlythrough an opening l5 in the plate 5 for receiving the bill portion I0of the hook to hold the hanger in a suspended position beneath the plate5. The lower end of the hanger is attached to the foot portion "5 of atoy figure H and to the head portion of which a toy parachute I8 isattached.

A stop plate IS in the form of a disc having a radial slot 20 isattached in a suitable position on the kite string l0 by'sliding thestring inwardly of the slot 20 to frictionally hold the kite string atthe center of the disc.

In the operation of the device the loop it of the hanger I3 is insertedin the opening l5 of slide plate 5 and engaged by the .bill It) of hook8, the hook being moved forwardly of plate 5 to lock the free end ofbill I0 in the opening l2 of the guide 6 as shown in Figure 2 of thedrawing.

The slide plate 5 is then mounted on the kite string to by sliding thekite string through the slots 9 of the front and rear pairs of guides 6and l to center the string in the openings 8 of the guides. The windwill then carry the parachute It with the figure l1 and slide plate 5attached thereto upwardly on the kite string as shown in Figure 1 of thedrawing until the front end of hook 8 engages the stop l9 whereupon thehook 8 will be moved rearwardly in the front guides 6 and intermediateguide I I to release the bill It from the loop l4 whereupon theparachute and figure I! are free to descend.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theirrvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A toy parachute release for kite strings comprising a slide, a pair oflongitudinally aligned apertured guides rising from each end of theslide for suspending the slide on a kite string, a hook having a billand being slidabie longitudinally on top of the slide, guides for thehook closing the bill of the hook, a hanger having an open parachuteattached thereto and releasably engaged on the bill of the hook in asuspended position 5 hanger is confined during rearward movement of 16the hook to release said hanger.

VINCENT C. COYNE." JOHN QTUART.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,844,594 Peterson Feb. 9, 1932FOREIGN PATENTS 10 Number Country Date 19,137 Great Britain 1902

